Martial Peak

Chapter 4155 – Grandmaster Ma Fan

The Proprietress seemed to be walking down memory lane as she said slowly, “About 1,000 years ago, there was a man who was just as gifted as you. He attempted to directly ascend to the High-Rank and in fact, he had encountered countless opportunities and was extremely lucky, so he managed to condense six Element Powers, leaving him just one step away from achieving his goal.”

“What happened then?” Yang Kai turned to look at her.

“Then…” The Proprietress let out a breath, “For some reasons that were beyond his control, he could only become a Fifth-Order Open Heaven Realm Master.”

Yang Kai frowned, “You mean, the last resource that he absorbed was in the Fifth Order?”

In response, the Proprietress gently nodded.

In order to ascend to the Open Heaven Realm, a cultivator had to condense Yin, Yang, and Five Elements into their Dao Seal; however, as for how far one could go, it depended on the lowest Order Element they absorbed. Just like filling a barrel with water, it all depended on the shortest plank to determine how much water could be held. It didn’t matter if the planks were taller as that did not change the maximum capacity of the barrel.

Yang Kai didn’t understand why that man gave up on such a bright future. He was bound to be a Seventh-Order Open Heaven Realm Master, but he ended up becoming a Fifth-Order one. Perhaps there were reasons that he had no control over; otherwise, no one would be willing to make such a decision.

“Where is that man now?” Yang Kai asked.

The Proprietress slowly shook her head.

Seeing that, Yang Kai realised that this man must be dead.

She went on to say, “So, if you want to directly ascend to the High-Rank Open Heaven Realm, your biggest obstacle isn’t how difficult it is to look for High-Rank resources, but the Cave-Heavens and Paradises!”

Yang Kai felt his heart sinking. If it was just as the Proprietress had said, things would become tricky. It had been a long time since these Cave-Heavens and Paradises established themselves in the 3,000 Worlds, so their heritage was shocking. Anyone that had been targeted by them would never live a peaceful life again. There was no doubt that they would relentlessly suppress such a person.

“What if I can join one of the Cave Heavens or Paradises?” The idea suddenly sprang into Yang Kai’s mind. Perhaps he could make use of a top great force’s power to resist such pressure.

The Proprietress chuckled, “There are Thirty-Six Cave-Heavens and Seventy-Two Paradises. Which one do you want to join? If you manage to join one, the other hundred and seven top forces will never agree to it. Which great force would be willing to resist such pressure for you?”

Yang Kai furrowed his brow, “Is there anyone in this world who can directly break through to the High-Rank Open Heaven Realm?”

“Yes.” The Proprietress nodded, “The disciples nurtured by the Cave-Heavens and Paradises from birth have such a chance, but you aren’t one of them. Besides the fact that it is extremely hard to look for Seventh-Order resources, rarely anyone in this world has a good enough aptitude to directly ascend to the High-Rank.”

A furious Yang Kai bellowed, “It’s not fair that they have a chance to ascend to the High-Rank while others can’t!”

“So, if you want to directly ascend to the High-Rank Open Heaven Realm, the road ahead for you will be paved with obstacles and danger. You might even have to go against the entire world.”

trying to

slowly shook her head, “You will have to choose your own path. Regardless of what decision you

years ago, she had done everything she could to persuade that person to curb his ambitions, but the result was a complete tragedy. Now, 1,000 years later, history seemed to

Kai lowered his

remaining journey, the Proprietress seemed to have lost interest in talking and appeared to

Territories, the pair suddenly stopped

took a glance at it before looking around and

infused her energy into it. After that, she hurled the jade away, whereupon it turned into a ray of light and shot forward. As though the ray of light had crashed into something, it shattered. As they were engulfed in the

arched his brow, knowing that there was a hidden space over there and the jade was the key

Master like the Proprietress couldn’t see through it as she had to

Yang Kai of the Nine Heavenly Layers. If the Grand

decision. What the Proprietress had told him made him realise that he would be faced with endless trouble in the future, and he might drag Void Land into it as well. With the Nine Heavenly Layers, it could at least protect

aged voice was suddenly heard coming from beyond the portal. It

found the owner of this place interesting. He didn’t even pretend to be amiable.

this as she said with a smile, “Grandmaster Ma Fan, it’s

thinking that the owner of this

sighed, “It’s you, little girl. Haaa…

portal opened up and revealed

Kai to follow her, the Proprietress stepped into the passageway first. Not daring to be negligent, Yang

his eyes, and when he made out what was in front of him a moment later,

behind the portal would look just like Void Land, but after entering this place, he realised

there were several dozen Stars, and every Star was surrounded by clouds.

could be seen pulsating on the surface of the Sun Star, and the entire void was illuminated by its light.

so flabbergasted that

already used to it as she said, “The scenery in those Cave-Heavens and Paradises are countless times more splendid than this. Moreover, this place is the ruins of a Paradise, and Grandmaster Ma Fan is the only

a Paradise?” Yang Kai

do not remain the same forever. The 3,000 Worlds aren’t

the world, so what could possibly make one

a Paradise were already so magnificent, so what about the real Paradises? What about

Affected by the Sun Star in this place, he felt that the Golden Crow’s True Fire in his body was tempted to resonate with

and led him to a Star before landing on

Yang Kai saw the Grandmaster Ma Fan whom the Proprietress had

suggest that he had lost interest in life. It was as though he

surprised Yang Kai was that even though this elderly man looked ordinary,